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| Not Surprising vs. Not Surprisingly Not surprising vs. Not surprisingly When you want to use the opposite meaning of a word, adding "not" before that word is a usual preference to express your message. When you refer to something th… |
| Great vs. Grate The fact that when we pronounce "great" and "grate" we hear quite the same thing does not mean that they also mean the same thing. Yes, they have very similar spellings and yes, they are pronounced a… |
| arrangement - correct spelling arrangement noun Example: The couple had an arrangement that seemed to work. |
| awful - correct spelling awful adjective and adverb Note: Some people object to the use of awful or awfully as adverbial intensifiers, but these forms appeared in the early 19th century. Exampl… |
| dough - correct spelling dough noun Example: She kneaded the dough and baked some fabulous bread. Example: He was broke. He had no dough. Slang. |
| isle - correct spelling isle - noun Example: The idyllic isle had beautiful palms on the beach. |
| until - correct spelling subordinating conjunction and preposition Example: He waited until the guests had left. subordinating conjunction Example: We worked until dawn. preposition |
| vision - correct spelling noun Example: He had the vision of an entrepreneur. |
| 3 Online Words Of The Year: Catphishing, Ghosting, Doxing What Are Catphishing, Ghosting, and Doxing? The Internet provides us with an unparalleled amount of information and opportunities. Hand in hand with digital technologies are new dangers, and there… |
| On, In, At the time In time When you do something in the last moment, you are just in time. That means you weren’t late for it, and saved yourself from some disaster (bad situation). · &nbs… |
| Tautology: Definition and Best Examples Are you redundant when you write? The word tautology refers to a phrase in which the same meaning is expressed twice. The word comes from the Greek “tauto” meaning “same” and “logy" m… |
| Backup and Back up? What’s the Difference? We all use the word Backup. Or is it Back Up? · Are they identical, both equally right and acceptable? · Is one spelled correctly and the other si… |
| Neighbor vs. Neighbour New neighbors just moved in the big white house. Consider this sentence for a moment. Does the word neighbors make you think again that maybe the spellings of neighbor aren’t really like these? Maybe… |
| Honor vs. Honour Is someone close to you getting married and you need to print out the wedding card? Are you confused about the phrase Maid of Honor and wondering if it’s Maid of Honour? The difference in the spellin… |
| Historic vs. Historical The words historical and historic were synonymous to each other back in the 18th century meaning something that belonged to or is representative of the past. Historic was used as a shortened for… |
| intrinsic - vocabulary adjective Belonging to a thing by its nature, inherent, as in the intrinsic value of gold. And yet, beyond that, she hardly knew what he had—save of course his intrinsic qualities… |
| loquacious - vocabulary adjective Talkative, tending to talk too much, chattering, babbling, garrulous. I found it not difficult, in the excitement of Mr. Chillip’s own brain, under his potations of negus, to divert his … |
| meticulous - vocabulary adjective Taking extreme care with minute details; precise; thorough. Moreover, in his tremendous prophecy of this kingdom which was to make all men one together in God, Jesus had small patience f… |
| militate, mitigate - vocabulary verb Militate: to influence strongly. The word militate is intransitive and is usually accompanied by the preposition against. For if it happened that an individual, even when asl… |
| misanthropic - vocabulary adjective Characterized by a mistrustful scorn or hatred of humankind; having a sneering disbelief in humankind. Note: The noun misanthrope (a person) is a hater of humankind. … |
| nefarious - vocabulary adjective Wicked or villainous in the extreme; vile, heinous. One of the most nefarious aspects of the court of Constantinople (known as the Seraglio and the Sublime Porte) was th… |
| nostrum - vocabulary noun A medicine sold with exaggerated claims of its efficacy; quack medicine; snake oil; a scheme, theory, or device, especially one to remedy social or political ills. As to Squire Western, he wa… |
| obdurate - vocabulary adjective Unmoved by pity, persuasion, or tender feelings; stubborn, unyielding; resistant to moral influence. She stood with her bright angry eyes confronting the wide stare, and the set face; an… |
| obsequious - vocabulary adjective Showing a servile or fawning readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another; overly deferential. What guest at Dives’s table can pass the familiar house without a sigh?—the fami… |
| Grill vs. Grille Grill” and “grille” represent one of the most frequently misspelled pair of English words. They sound and look extremely similar, and a lot of English users decide not to add that last “-e” anymore, … |
